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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5216 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5216

    To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to 
     determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply 
 municipal, rural, and industrial water from the Missouri River to the 
     Western Dakota Regional Water System, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2024

 Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
    To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to 
     determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply 
 municipal, rural, and industrial water from the Missouri River to the 
     Western Dakota Regional Water System, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Western South Dakota Water Supply 
Project Feasibility Study Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Reclamation feasibility standards.--The term 
        ``reclamation feasibility standards'' means the eligibility 
        criteria and feasibility study requirements described in 
        section 106 of the Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 
        (43 U.S.C. 2405).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of 
        Reclamation.
            (3) Western dakota regional water system.--The term 
        ``Western Dakota Regional Water System'' means the Western 
        Dakota Regional Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation 
        established and operated substantially in accordance with the 
        reclamation feasibility standards to serve as a non-Federal 
        project entity for purposes of the cooperative agreement 
        entered into under section 3(b).

SEC. 3. WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY.

    (a) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
        West Dakota Water Development District, through a cooperative 
        agreement, may undertake a study to determine the feasibility 
        of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and 
        industrial water from the Missouri River to the Western Dakota 
        Regional Water System.
            (2) Requirement.--The study under paragraph (1) shall 
        comply with the reclamation feasibility standards.
    (b) Cooperative Agreement.--If the Secretary determines that the 
study under subsection (a) does not comply with the reclamation 
feasibility standards, the Secretary may enter into a cooperative 
agreement with the Western Dakota Regional Water System to complete 
additional work to ensure that the study under that subsection complies 
with the reclamation feasibility standards.
    (c) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the total costs of 
carrying out the feasibility study under this section shall not exceed 
50 percent.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $10,000,000.
    (e) Termination of Authority.--The authority provided by this 
section expires on the date that is 10 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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